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University of Michigan athletic director Dave Brandon announces that head football coach Rich Rodriguez has been fired during an NCAA college football news conference in Ann Arbor, Mich., Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011. Rodriguez was let go after going 15-22 in three years at Michigan and a handful of NCAA violations that have stained the once-proud program. The school can buy out the final three years of his contract for $2.5 million.(AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
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Students hug each other during the "Free Hugs" campaign as they commemorate World Aids Day at the American University of Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010. The campaign is an initiative to show support and combat discrimination against people infected with AIDS. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
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Austin Biehl talks to reporters on Monday night, Nov. 29, 2010 in Marinette, Wis., about being taken hostage at Marinette High School by another student earlier in the day, as his mother Carla looks on at right. (AP Photo/Mike Roemer)
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British police officers contain a group of students protesters outside Buckingham Palace in London, Tuesday Nov. 30, 2010, during a protest against tuition fees. British students held a third day of protests over plans to triple university tuition fees, with police urging them to avoid the violence that marked earlier demonstrations. School and university students braved snow in London for a rally in Trafalgar Square against the decision to increase university fees to 9,000 pounds ($14,000) a year as part of government deficit-cutting measures.(AP Photo/Sang Tan)
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Protesters block traffic during a march protesting against tuition fees increases in central London, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010. Thousands of British students protested Wednesday against government plans to increase university tuition fees. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
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People walk past British police officers blocking off Whitehall leading to the Houses of Parliament in London as students march through the streets in a protest against tuition fees, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)
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A British police officer scuffles with a protester during a march by a group of students outside Buckingham Palace, protesting against tuition fees increases in central London, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010. Thousands of British students protested Wednesday against government plans to triple university tuition fees. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
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British police officers escort a group of protesters demonstrating against tuition fees increases during a march from Buckingham Palace, background, towards Trafalgar Square in central London, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010. Thousands of British students protested Wednesday against government plans to triple university tuition fees. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
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Students reach the highway and block it in Bologna, Italy, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010, as they protest against the government-proposed education reforms which are being voted in the Italian parliament. Thousands of students across Italy have occupied university buildings, bridges and piazzas to protest education cuts and reforms proposed by the Education minister Mariastella Gelmini. The banner reads: "Let's block the Gelmini reform. Let's block everything". (AP Photo/Gianfilippo Oggioni)
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Students block the highway in Bologna, Italy, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010, as they protest against the government-proposed education reforms which are being voted in the Italian parliament. Thousands of students across Italy have occupied university buildings, bridges and piazzas to protest education cuts and reforms proposed by the Education minister Mariastella Gelmini. The banner reads: "Let's block the Gelmini reform. Let's block everything". (AP Photo/Gianfilippo Oggioni)
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Students gather in downtown Rome Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010, during a protest against the government-proposed education reforms which are being voted in the Italian parliament. Thousands of students across Italy have occupied university buildings, bridges and piazzas to protest education cuts and reforms proposed by the Education minister Mariastella Gelmini. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
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The exterior of Hallsville High School in Hallsville, Texas, is pictured in 2010. (AP Photo/Danny Robbins)
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Mr. Agha, an Afghan police recruit, takes his turn reading text on a white board in class at the Central Training Center on the outskirts of Kabul. (Associated Press)
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Khan Agha is taking a literacy class as part of the NATO training mission. Only 11 percent of the enlisted personnel in the army and police can read and write, compared with 35 percent for noncommissioned officers and 93 for the officer corps. (Associated Press)
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University students hang a banner with writing reading in Italian "No to the Gelmini (Education Minister Mariastella Gelmini) reform" from the Leaning Tower of Pisa, Italy, Thursday, Nov. 25, 2010. (AP Photo/Paolo Lazzeroni)
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Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick speaks to students at Wilbur Cross High School in New Haven, Conn., Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010. Vick urged high school students in Connecticut to show kindness toward animals, adding to the string of appearances he's made since returning from a dogfighting conviction to become one of the NFL's most exciting players. (AP Photo/Bob Child)
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Wayne Pacelle, president and CEO of the Humane Society of the United States, left, speaks at a news conferece after Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick, right, spoke to students at Wilbur Cross High School in New Haven, Conn., Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010. Vick urged high school students in Connecticut to show kindness toward animals, adding to the string of appearances he's made since returning from a dogfighting conviction to become one of the NFL's most exciting players. (AP Photo/Bob Child)
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Student protesters target a police van Wednesday during a demonstration against an increase in university tuition fees in Westminster in central London. Several thousand British students objected to a government plan to triple tuition fees as part of a debt crisis sweeping Europe. (Associated Press)
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A protester sprays a message on a government building Wednesday as students protest against tuition fees at Whitehall in London. Thousands of British students participated in the demonstration. (Associated Press)
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Student protesters target a police van during a demonstration against an increase in university tuition fees, in Westminster, central London Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010. Several thousand British students protested Wednesday against government plans to triple tuition fees, two weeks after a similar demonstration sparked a small riot. (AP Photo/Anthony Devlin/PA)
